• Wai‘anae Coast Early Childhood Services (WCECS)
  (808) 695-9656
  Sharon Tsuda, Executive Director
  Angela Lacey, Administrative Assistant
  Sally Kaeha, Secretary
• Wai‘anae Early Education Center (WEEC)
  (808) 695-9400
  Tamiko Bogacz, Program Director (WEEC)
• Parent Child Development Center Wai‘anae
  (808) 696-7657
  Linnie Tan, Program Director
  Lahela Reinhardt, Program Assistant (enrollment)
• Parent Child Development Center Waipahu
  (808) 676-5584
  Raychelle Valiente, Program Director
  Leslie Ragmat and Robyn Uehara Tom, Program Assistant (enrollment)
• Parent Child Development Center Wahiawā
  (808) 621-2322
  Daina Adams, Program Director
  Shanell Grilho or Brandi Martin, Program Assistant (enrollment)

Our preschools primarily serve low- to moderate-income families and our early intervention programs serve infants and toddlers with special needs. We hope you will deem our agency as worthy of your support. If you make a donation to our non-profit and you itemize deductions on your federal tax return, you are entitled to claim a charitable deduction.

Undesignated monetary donations will be used to benefit children directly.

Donations can be made to specific programs and/or for specific purposes, such as our scholarship fund or to support staff training.

Mail checks to:
Wai‘anae Coast Early Childhood Services
84-1061 Noholio Road
Wai‘anae, HI 96792

Non-monetary donations should be program-related and require our approval. If accepted, we recommend consulting a tax advisor regarding the tax deduction.

The board is comprised of twelve volunteers, three are Parent Representatives from our programs for children and nine are At-Large members with expertise in business, education, and special needs. The following are our board officers:

• Gloria Fernandez, President
• Cheryl Tomimatsu, Vice President
• Barbie Lei Burgess, Secretary

• Founded as Waianae Coast Day Care Center on April 21, 1971 by Mrs. Anthony Russo, President; Mrs. Evanita Ilaban, Vice President; and Mrs. Abby Barros, Secretary-Treasurer. In 1998, the agency name was changed to Wai‘anae Coast Early Childhood Services.
• In March 1973, the Waianae Coast Day Care Center facility was dedicated. In 1998, the program name was changed to Wai‘anae Early Education Center.
• In August 1973, the Waianae Coast Kitchen facility was dedicated.
• In 1981, the Parent Child Development Center (PCDC) Wai‘anae program was started to serve infants and toddlers with or at-risk for developmental delays. The PCDC Waipahu and PCDC Wahiawā programs were started in 2008 and 2010 respectively.